There will be blood

The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is “considering actions to be taken to protect the image of the Foundation of its workers and their audiences” following Fabio Luisi‘s cancellation of his participation in Elektra at that theater in order to make time to help clean up the Levineshchina in New York. [Teatro dell'Opera di Roma]

Again, only showing the incompetence of most companies…….. if Roma has not understood that there are others who could conduct Elektra not only cheaper and with better understanding musically of the peace……..this only goes to show us once again, the people who are running the houses are absolute idiots, Luisi ?… so what, hardly a Levin on a good day or Levin’s worst, sorry folks still do not understand the hype over CAMI politics and power mongering… same as it ever was—--

Well said, Arianna , it is just a cultural defense mechanism. There was no sovrintendente at the Teatro for at least three years when I lived in Rome. Somehow the Ente went on. This is just to make publicity as nobody really much pays attention to the Rome Opera.

I think you’re right. Remember all the alpha male chest thumping about litigation after Alagna’s AIDA walk-out? Lissner was supposedly suing Alagna & Alagna was supposedly countersuing. Since all that public posturing, nothing but crickets…

Talking about bloodshed…Annette Dasch seems to be out of the second cast of the new Met production of “Don Giovanni”. Donna Elvira in those performances is now the ubiquitous TBA. Any word on whether she canceled for a better gig or something else?

I spoke with someone who works at the Teatro dell’Opera and this time they seem to be serious. Who knows? Perhaps Luisi will return to conduct something else lowering his fee, if asked by the President of the Republic. But then, it was the same opera company who brought a very famous (and ultimately unsuccessful) lawsuit against Callas.